New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009

The New Zealand cricket team toured Sri Lanka for a 2-match Test series and 2 Twenty20 Internationals from 7 August 2009 to 16 September 2009. In addition, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and India played in a tri-series during this time. Subsequently, Sri Lanka won the series 2–0.^[1]

New Zealand cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2009
	New Zealand	Sri Lanka
Dates	18 August 2009 – 19 September 2009
Captains	Daniel Vettori	Kumar Sangakkara
Test series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Daniel Vettori (272)	Thilan Samaraweera (347)
Most wickets	Daniel Vettori (10)	Muttiah Muralitharan (13)
Player of the series	Thilan Samaraweera (SL)
Twenty20 International series
Results	New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Ross Taylor (76)	Kumar Sangakkara (82)
Most wickets	Jacob Oram (4)	Lasith Malinga (3)
Player of the series	Jesse Ryder (NZ)

Test series

1st Test

18 – 22 August (scorecard)

Sri Lanka	v	New Zealand
452 (117.4 overs) Thilan Samaraweera 159 (277) Chris Martin 4/77 [23]		299 (116 overs) Tim McIntosh 69 (226) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/73 [42]
259/4d (49 overs) Tillakaratne Dilshan 123* (208) Iain O'Brien 1/45 [8]		210 (71.5 overs) Daniel Vettori 67 (122) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/88 [27]

Sri Lanka won by 202 runs Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) & Nigel Llong (ENG) Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan

• New Zealand won the toss and chose to field.

2nd Test

26 – 30 August (scorecard)

Sri Lanka	v	New Zealand
416 (130.3 overs) Thilan Samaraweera 143 (240) Jeetan Patel 4/78 (20 overs)		234 (77.4 overs) Ross Taylor 81 (155) Rangana Herath 3/70 (34 overs)
311/5d (85.2 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 109 (175) Daniel Vettori 2/62 (24 overs)		397 (123.5 overs) Daniel Vettori 140 (189) Rangana Herath 5/139 (48 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 96 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) & Nigel Llong (ENG) Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene

• Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first

Twenty20 Series

1st T20

2 September 2009 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  141/8 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 138/9 (20 overs)
Ross Taylor 60 (45) Lasith Malinga 2/21 (4 overs)		Tillakaratne Dilshan 57 (28) Jacob Oram 3/33 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 3 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SRI) and Kumar Dharmasena (SRI) Player of the match: Daniel Vettori (NZL)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gihan Rupasinghe (SL) made his T20I debut.
• Jacob Oram took the second ever hat-trick in a T20I match.^[2]

2nd T20

4 September 2009 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  170/4 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 148/8 (20 overs)
Jesse Ryder 52 (37) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/22 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 69 (50) Shane Bond 3/18 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 22 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Silva (SRI) and Tyron Wijewardene (SRI) Player of the match: Jesse Ryder (NZL)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

Tour Matches

First Class:Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI v New Zealanders

7 – 9 August (scorecard)

Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI	v	New Zealanders
159 (60.4 overs) Dinesh Chandimal 64 (131) Daryl Tuffey 3/41 (10.4 overs)		493 (124.3 overs) Daniel Vettori 106 (132) Jeewan Mendis 4/91 (25 overs)
257/6 (75 overs) Nadeera Nawela 64* (131) Jacob Oram 3/32 (12 overs)

Match Drawn Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake and Sena Nandiweera (both SRI)

First Class:Sri Lanka Cricket XI v New Zealanders

12 – 14 August (scorecard)

New Zealanders	v	Sri Lanka Cricket XI
297 (93.3 overs) Ross Taylor 75 (151) Seekkuge Prasanna 3/66 (28 overs)		330 (86.3 overs) Dinesh Chandimal 109 (234) Jeetan Patel 3/81 (25 overs)
240/6 (70 overs) Ross Taylor 58 (77) Dammika Prasad 2/28 (7 overs)

Match Drawn Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Sagara Gallage & Rohitha Kottahachchi (both SRI)

List A:Sri Lanka A v New Zealanders

6 September 2009 (scorecard)

Sri Lanka A 234 (47.5 overs)	v	New Zealanders 173 (41.5 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 51 (72) Daryl Tuffey 5/35 (9.5 overs)		Jacob Oram 39 (56) Muthumudalige Pushpakumara 3/36 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka A won by 61 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Dushantha Ekanayake & Prageeth Rambukwella (both SRI)

List A:Sri Lankan XI v New Zealanders

16 September 2009

Sri Lankan XI	v	New Zealanders

This match is not yet confirmed TBC

Media coverage

Television Arab Digital Distribution (live) – Middle East Ten Sports (live) – India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan

See also

Tri-Series in Sri Lanka in 2009-10